In vivo cross-linking of EpsG to EpsL suggests a role for EpsL as an ATPase-pseudopilin coupling protein in the Type II secretion system of Vibrio cholerae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 786-798

  Gray, Miranda D ^a   Bagdasarian, Michael ^b   Hol, Wim G J ^c   Sandkvist, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN EPSE; PROTEIN EPSG; PROTEIN EPSH; PROTEIN EPSI; PROTEIN EPSJ; PROTEIN EPSK; PROTEIN EPSL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; THREONINE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 78751679366     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07487.x     Document Type: Article

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